Wagon-body.



G. G. STREIOHL, WAGON BODY.

APPLICATION FILED 17113.2 1914 Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

2 SHEBTS-SHEET 1.

IHIS NORRIS PETERS PHO'IO-LI'I'HU. WASHINGTON,

0. G. STREIGH.

WAGON BODY.

APPLIGATION FILED FEB. 2,1914.

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CHARLES G. STREICI-I, 0F OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.

WAGON-BODY.

Original application filed September 8, 1913, Serial No. 788,627.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914. Divided and this application filed February 2, 1914. Serial No. 815,861.

To aZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that I, CHARLES G. STREICH,

a citizen ofthe United stategand resident of Oshkosh, in the county of Winnebago and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVagon-Bodies; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription thereof.

My invent-ion refers to vehicles such as disclosed in an application for patent filed by me September 8, 1913, Serial No. 788,627 for improvements in dumping wagons, of which this application is a division, 1ts object being to provide a simple,ec0 n0m1cal means for automaticaliy controlling the body doors. i

Specific objects of myinvention are to provide a simple and effective du1np-door actuating means in connection with the body-supporting frame so constructed and arranged that said door will automatically open co-incidentto a dumping movement of the body and close upon a recovery movement of the same; toprovide a supension frame for the door-actuating means, which frame is offset from the body frame,:whereby said body frame and its body may be of approximately thesame width due to the:

fact that the door. suspension frame, while being secured to the body frame, is offset therefrom.

With the above and other minor objects in view the invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination ofparts as set forth hereinafter with reference to the accompanyingdrawings and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a portion of a wagon embodying the features of my invention, the body thereof being in its loading position; Fig. 2, a sectional elevation of the same showing the body in its dumped position, and Fig. 3, a fragmentary plan View of the truck-frame and portion of the rear axle showing the ofl'set struts for the support of an automatic door-actuating mechanism.

Referring by characters to the drawings, 1, 1, represent the side sills of a wagon truck. The truck-frame is mounted upon standard front and rear axle connections carrying the usual wheels, the rear axle 3 being shown in full lines in Fig. 3 of. the drawings. The truck-frame sills just back of the rear axle 3 carry a trunnion 4, upon .which trunnion the rear end of a wagonbody is pivoted, through the medium of body reinforcing straps 5. The major portion of the wagon-body extends forwardly of its fulcrum point in order that the preponderance of weight thereof will cause said body to rest firmly upon the truck-sills. Attention is called to the fact that the body is approximately equal in width to the distance between the truck-frame sills 1, 1, and thus the full capacity of the wagon relative to its running gear is obtained. The tail end of the body, as shown, is preferably in the form of an inclined bottom chute tapering upward to the top edge of the vertically disposed body side walls 7. The forward portion of the body is closed by a pair of hinged and longitudinally disposed loading doors 8, theirhinged ends being centrally disposed with relation to the body, while their free edges rest upon the juxtaposed edges of the side walls 7. The tail portion of the body iscovered by a transversely disposed hinged dumping door, which dumping door is formed in two sections 9, 9. The main section 9 is hinged to a cross-p1ate 10, while the mouth section 9 is hinged to the edge of the main section, the parts being so arranged to permita folding action between said sections. 7 the rear ends of the truck-frame side sills 1 'oifset from said sills and the body is a suitably braced pair of rearwardly inclined struts llfwhich struts are cross-connected above the wagon-body by tie-rods 11", 11. The feet of the struts 11, as best shown in 3, are bowed inwardly and are secured to the side sills by a series of bolts or rivets and the bowed horizontal portion of the strut feet are arrangedto rest upon and be supported by the rear axle 3. By this arrangement it may be seen that clearance between the struts is permitted, whereby the wagon-body may swing freely upon its trunnion, the said struts constituting a fixed door suspension frame.

The terminal tie-rod 11 is connected to the free end of the mouth section 9' of the dumping door by flexible connections in the form of chains 12. By this dumping door connection it is apparent that when the body is tilted to discharge its contents, after a predetermined initial swing of said body, the chains of cables 12 will be drawn taut Extending upwardly from whereby the gate section 9 will first swing up, followed by a backward fold, which action will finally cause the main .door sec.

tion 9 to also swing open and expose the entire discharge mouth of the body to permit 1 the flow of the load therefrom. Both the longitudinally disposed loading n th d scharging dQ -S a e p it vely loiilre d in their closed positions by mechak -nism comprising a llnk 13, the free end of whic ink s a r nge to eng e a P eiecting lip 14 that .carried by the related fcloor," The link '1-3 is l ingedly connected to a land maii imlatedfclamping lever 15,

whiclr'leyer is pivoted to an cared bracket 15 that "extends from the juxtaposed side wall 7 of the wagon body. Hence when tshould also be understood that while I h y shown as an exemplircation of my invention a wagon that is particularly adapted .fQi' handling a a e s d, gra el, r like articles, may, withput departing from the: spirit of myinventiomtco-nstruct any typej fjoi' wagon for the yarious uses whereiniany or all cf the teaturestoif my invention maybe 2 applied and I may alsoutilize the body and utilized in connection with a yehicle of any type it is, immaterial whether said Vehicle be of the four orytwo-wheel variety; It should be further understood that, whilel' haye shown as vone exemplification of my inyention, the body piyoted so as to the its r u np ng mechanism connection with a .cpntainer for cement or other articles requiring a temporary hopper, which hopper: mustbe dumped at predetermined intervals, 1; it being obvious that when the device is preponderance of" weiglitforwardly thereof when said body is empty, that the pivot may, 'insome cases, be centrally disposed whereby the body is balanced when empty, the load being, under these conditions, ar-

ranged to present a preponderance of Weight ould be t e m a tha described in conaccompanying drawings.

Iclaim: H .t g y 1. In a vehicle haying a truckframe 'pro vided with longitudinally spaced side sills, a rear axle securedthereto, and bodypivoted to the side sil s of; approximately equal combination of a suspension frame projecting aboye the hody having s trutssp'aced from the truck-frame sills, and proyided with horizontally bowed feet thatare seured tQ- i s at -sad e e n pa supported upen the reana ile af door in hingec connection with the body, and chains or cablesconnecting the free endoi' the door ancl he sarrqrt ne fi am I 2. In a vehi le hayingla truck-frame provided with longitudinally spaced side sills, a rear axle secured thereto, 1a locdy pivwidth as the width between said "sills; the combination of a suspension frame prdj ecting abovethe body-having struts spaced from the truck-frame sills, proyided with hori-' zontally bowed feet: that are I secured tosaid connection with the b ody, a second: door secthe firstmentioned section, and chains or ta e 'eeree iesthe r et sel t ese or doorvsecti on and supportingframe. :i'haye hereunto set my hand at Oshkosh in the u t of Win b and tat VO FWis censin the presence of twoyvitnesses.

, .witn ss E. SCHLUMMER,-

a H- Beersgot-l9! 0.! i111! potent mpy'hc obtained tor five cent wa lhi ztoi, 12.: I??? width as the widthbetween said sills; the

oted to the sidesi lls oilapproximately equal tion in hinged connection with the freeend forwardly, whereby the action in dumping nection with the construction shown in the I t sills thesaid feet being partly supported ti e he re r x e, a ar e t n -1 hi g y 90 In testimony that I claim the foregoing VQHARLAES e. sre ircrr Y e each; by "adereeii ng the Commissioner "a gett ng} 

